Hey everyone,
This week was all about data. Focusing on Australian data sources, it was interesting to see the types of data that is available to use for digital heritage projects.
One of the data sources is the Australian Data Archive who hosts digital records of census data from 1833 to 1901. Though I didn’t make a graph with the data on Plot.ly, a graph making site that I didn’t want to sign up for, I am aware of the benefits of presenting information in a graph. Graphs are an easy and accessible way to quickly present information and identify trends.
Other sources of data can come form state and federal sites such as data.gov.au and data.act.gov.au however I found that these sites require some digging for heritage related content and when I finally found content it was in a weird format. Luckily WTFcsv was available to use. WTFcsv is a site that breaks down the content of a cvs file graphs it for you! If only there were more sites like plot.ly and WTFcsv.
I didn’t quite understand the API and data scraping concepts however the highlight of the lesson was playing around on Headline Roulette as it was fun and engaging. A few times the site did give me the answer, usually within the headline or first few pars (sentence in journo language). Sorry, Tim.
Jacinta?
